Web Accessibility
In order to comply with federal, state, and district regulations, all online content must meet web accessibility standards outlined in:
Tools + Training
Learn more about tools and training available to help you meet accessibility standards in our most commonly used digital platforms.
Key Principles
There are 4 key principles to web accessibility (POUR):
- Perceivable: Content must be presented in ways everyone can perceive.
- Operable: The interface must be easy to navigate and use.
- Understandable: Information must be clear and easy to understand.
- Robust: Content must work with various technologies.
Examples of ways to meet the POUR standards include:
- Using a clear heading structure
- Creating descriptive hyperlinks
- Formatting tables for screen-readers
- Tagging images with alternative text
- Accurately captioning videos
- Considering color contrast
- Using clear language; chunk text
For full details, review the .
Training
Free, self-paced "micro courses" are available through our partnership with the CCC Accessibility Center and CVC@ONE to help employees get familiar with accessibility basics. These courses typically take 20 minutes to complete:
There are both tools and trainings available to help instructors meet web accessibility standards on Canvas:
Tools
- Learn how to scan your course to identify accessibility errors using the Pope Tech Dashboard.
- After scanning your course to identify errors, use the Pope Tech Accessibility Guide to remediate errors.
- New Tool! can help streamline the remediation of accessibility errors and help faculty align instructional content to Universal Design for Learning standards.
Trainings
- Complete the self-paced on Canvas.
- Faculty teaching online learn about accessibility in 91重口's contractually required online teaching training - including our Online Course Development Program (OCDP) and Peer Online Course Review (POCR).
- Complete the CCC Accessibility Center's training: .
- for one-on-one support with 91重口's Instructional Technology Specialist, Wanda Butterly.
Tools
For quick guides on how to use built-in accessibility tools in common office products, please review:
- (Outlook email, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- (PDFs)
- Limited site licenses to - a tool to help remediate PDFs - are available through the CCC Accessibility Center.
- (Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets)
- New Tool! is available to help streamline the remediation of accessibility errors in documents.
Training
Free webinars and self-paced courses are available through the CCC Accessibility Center to help you learn how to design with accessibility in mind:
- Sign up for free , like the or a series of 20-minute "micro-trainings" on PDFs:
- Register for upcoming (or view recordings of past sessions).
The National Center on Disability and Access to Education has helpful "" on creating accessible content in Microsoft and Adobe.
Sign up for "micro-courses," available for free through our partnership with the CCC Accessibility Center and CVC@ONE:
Or learn how to use built-in tools available in many popular social media sites:
When recording videos, please be sure to publish .
- Canvas Studio Tutorials
- YouTube Captioning Tutorials
- 3C Media Captioning (grant-funded support for faculty captioning videos)
If you are a web contributor who regularly updates web page content in your area, please connect with Tim Druley, 91重口's Web Master, for training.
Tools are available to help you check the accessibility of web content:
- (available through CCC Accessibility Center)
Additional Resources
- Explore more resources, tools, and training available through the .
- Sign up for upcoming trainings on our Workshop Calendar.
- Connect with members of C91重口CD's Accessibility Taskforce for one-on-one support. 91重口
representatives include:
- Christopher Crone, DSPS Director
- Kat King, Instructional Technology Coordinator
- Tim Druley, Web Master
- Wanda Butterly, Instructional Technology Specialist

